关于电子束焊接的第一份解释性报告，WRC公告100，涵盖了该工艺的早期先驱阶段，以及完善理论、描述原理并最终建造实验室设备的人。此外，作者还介绍了材料（钢和铝）、有限的应用以及该工艺发展初期可用的设备。 本报告涵盖了在了解工艺、数控设备、工具改进和简单性、在几乎所有金属和陶瓷的无真空和/或中真空中更广泛地使用该工艺以及在许多行业中的复杂和经济应用方面取得的进展。

The first interpretive report on electron-beam welding, WRC Bulletin 100, covered the early pioneering stages of the process and the men who refined theories, described their principles, and finally built laboratory equipment. In addition, the authors covered the materials (steel and aluminum), the limited applications, and the equipment which were available during the process's growing infancy. This report covers the advancements made in understanding the process, equipment with numerical control, tooling improvements and simplicity, wider use of the process in no and/or medium vacuum applied to practically all metals and ceramics, and finally sophisticated and economic applications in a number of industries.